I guess I am bit late posting this recipe, but sure we can eat hot cross buns all year around, not only at Easter time :). To be honest they don’t taste exactly like real hot cross buns, the dough, texture and taste is different. Saying that they are tasty and worth to try. They are dairy free, refined sugar free, gluten free and yeast free (by leaving dark chocolate out). I used the healthy chef Teresa Cutter’s recipe http://www.thehealthychef.com/2013/03/healthy-hot-cross-buns/ and added cacao nibs, raisins and more cranberries into my recipe.